Date:         Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:05:20 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: The VW ad campaign for Bank of America
Comments: To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>
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And I say 'Horse, uhhh, puckey'!

They 'modified' a '68 to have the '72's larger air vent on the 'D' pillar,
the '72's side marker lights and the '72's passenger side antenna as well as
the '72's tail lights?

I don't believe it for a second, they're just blowing smoke.

On 10/9/07, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Cass Peterson
> Date: Oct 9, 2007 11:44 AM
> Subject: The VW ad campaign for Bank of America
> To: rogerwhitt1@gmail.com
>
> Dear Mr. Whittaker,
>
> Thanks for writing about the VW van in the Bank of America ad. Ms.
> Browning
> ran your question past the bank's advertising agency, which assured her it
> was a 1968 model but had been modified.
>
> I guess we'll just have to take their word for it, but it's good for them
> to
> know they're being watched.
>
> Thanks for writing.
>
> Best regards,
> Cass Peterson
> Business Day
> The New York Times
>



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Jake
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